Dancing With The Stars Valeria

Dancing with the Stars is a Valerian dance competition. The show made its debut on Monday 25th of December 2017. Each episode is released on every Sunday (before season 4 they were released on Mondays). The show is hosted by Colin O'Donoghue with Megan Fox as a co-host. The show is narrated into national television and radio by Valerian idols winner Anniina Timonen and season 1 winner Liv Kristine. The current judge line-up is Anna Abreu, season 2 winner Victoria Duffield, season 4 winner Jonathan Young, season 5 winner Lara Trautmann and season 6 winner Ginnifer Goodwin. The judge line-up has already gone through significant changes over the seasons and the only remaining member of the original judges from season 1 is Anna respectively.

Format
The format of the show consists of a celebrity paired with a professional dancer. Each couple performs predetermined dances and competes against the others for judges' points and audience votes. The couple receiving the lowest combined total of judges' points and audience votes is eliminated each week until only the champion dance pair remains.

Season 1

 * 10 celebrities competed to win the very first season of Valerian Dancing With The Stars. The participants of first season were announced on 24th of December 2017 and the first season started the following Monday on 25th. The season ran from 25th of December 2017 until 12th of February 2018 and saw some international stars other than just Valerian stars. Valerian singer Liv Kristine won this season with Qualtonese star Alex Nash in second and Greenforestian president & singer Alissa White-Gluz in third. After her win, Liv was asked to join the judges for season 3, which she accepted.

Season 2

 * 10 celebrities competed once again to win the second season of Valerian version of Dancing with the Stars. The judge line-up mostly stayed the same with the only change being season 1 winner, Liv Kristine joining them. All the Valerian participants and their respectful professional partners of the second season were revealed on 9th of January 2018 because of large interest shown towards the TV show format inside and outside of Valeria. The second season started on Monday 16th of April 2018 and featured only Valerian stars this time. The international returned for season three. Valerian singer Victoria Duffield won the season with actor Travis Fimmel coming second and singer Taylor Momsen third. Victoria, like Liv last season, was asked to join the judges for season 3, which she also accepted. It was also announced that one of the original judge line-up, Elastinen would leave the line-up after the season.

Season 3

 * 10 celebrities competed once again to win the third season of Valerian version of Dancing with the Stars. Search for competitors started on 23rd of April 2018 and the Valerian participants were revealed on 22nd of May 2018. The season saw the return of international stars again, which were revealed officially on 11th of August 2018. Once again, because of the large interest shown for the show was the reason for this early announcement of third season. Qualtonese YouTuber, Daz Black, won the season, becoming the first non-Valerian to win the series. Valerian actors Peter Franzén and Jasper Pääkkönen came second and third respectively. After his win, Daz was given the chance to join the judges from Season 4 onwards, but he had to reject the chance because of personal reasons and other commitments. However, it was also announced that Johanna Kurkela and Kristiina Brask both had to leave the judge line-up after the season to focus on their respective careers and other commitments. On the same day, it was announced that the Wicked Witch of Valeria, Zelena Mills would join the judges for season 4, replacing Daz who was intended to join.

Season 4

 * 12 celebrities from previous seasons will compete to win the fourth season of Valerian version of Dancing with the Stars. The judge line-up will feature the season 1 winner, Liv Kristine, season 2 winner, Victoria Duffield, the Wicked Witch of Valeria, Zelena Mills and the only remaining member of the original judge line-up from season 1, Anna Abreu. Search for competitors started as early already as on 19th of July 2018 and the Valerian participants were revealed on 13th of August. This season will feature a record number of participants. Previous seasons winners cannot return for the all-star season. On 24th of September 2018, Alissa White-Gluz was picked by the Valerian show directors to represent Greenforest in the special season. The season started on 30th of December 2018, moving the show to Sundays instead of Mondays. This season was won by Valerian YouTuber and singer, Jonathan Young with singer Elize Ryd in second and actor George Blagden in third respectively. After his win, Jonathan was traditionally asked to join the judges for the upcoming season 5.

Season 5

 * 12 celebrities did once again compete to win the fifth season of Valerian version of Dancing with the Stars. The judge line-up was confirmed to be unchanged from season 4, with the season 4 winner, Jonathan Young joining them for this fifth season. Search for competitors started on 29th of January 2019 and the official contestant list was finally published on 5th of August 2019. The season officially started on 11th of August 2019. The first episode did not feature any eliminations and the first one was feature for week 2 of the competition for the first time ever. This season was not an all-star season. The season will feature some international stars again. The season also saw the first female-female pairing in the Valerian competition so far with Arkaystian star June Diane Raphael competing with her professional partner Luna Lawrence.
 * The season ended on 20th of October 2019. It was won by Valerian singer/Twitcher/YouTuber, Lara Trautmann with Valerian J-pop singer Ayumi Hamasaki in second place and Arkaystian actress June in third place respectively. After the final show, Lara was asked to join the judges for the upcoming season 6, which she stated she would highly consider. Her decision is expected to be made soon.

Season 6

 * 12 celebrities competed to win the sixth season of Valerian version of Dancing with the Stars. The judge line-up remained mostly unchanged from season 5, with the season 5 winner, Lara joining them from this season onwards. Search for competitors started on 5th of August 2019, the same day as the official list of competitors for season 5 were announced. The season started on 9th of February 2020. The season was not an all-star season.


 * On 26th of September 2019, the judge line-up was officially confirmed to be mostly the same for season 6, with only Zelena Mills confirming her departure from the line-up stating of "having better commitments other than watching stupid competitors making fools out of themselves dancing around". This decision left a potential spot open for the season 5 winner joining the line-up for season 6, which they later did.


 * On 7th of October 2019 the Valerian competitors for this season were confirmed. Leaving three to four open spots for international stars to be competing possibly, which was later denied.


 * On 5th of February 2020, it was confirmed that the winner of last season, Lara Trautmann had accepted the invitation to join the judges for this upcoming sixth season and at the same time it was also confirmed that this season would not feature any international stars. The rest of the stars were announced along with this announcement.


 * This season was won by Ginnifer Goodwin, who was offered a chance to join the judge line-up for season 7, which she happily accepted. Emily Browning placed second and In This Moment singer Maria Brink placed third.

Season 7

 * 12 celebrities are once again scheduled to compete to win the upcoming seventh season of Valerian version of Dancing with the Stars. The judge line-up remained mostly unchanged from season 6, with the season 6 winner, Ginnifer joining them from this season onwards. Season 1 winner Liv Kristine ended up leaving the judge line-up at the end of season 6, but also confirmed that she would be joining Anniina as the official narrator for the season. Search for competitors started on 12th of April 2020, the same day as the season 6 final. The season start is still undecided, but it is expected to run through summer. The season will not be an all-star season.